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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

MP speaks out for compulsory Sex Education

I was happy to read today about an MP from wales standing up and speaking out for compulsory Sex education in all schools. It was a great blow when this was dropped from Ed Balls Education reform and sadly it now seems to have fallen off the political radar. However, young people are still engaging in risky behaviours at an early age and often feel like no one will talk to them about it. They have questions and don't know who to ask or where to get the information. I wish it was the case that all young people could have the confidence to ask their parents and the parents would have the skills and information to provide the answers. But sadly many families do not have this and as a compassionate society we must reach out to all the young people desperate for information and advice.

About Me

I work teaching Sex and Relationship Education in schools, I'm a community youth worker and I am the programme leader for foundation degree. Teaching about sexual health in schools is both extremely rewarding and extremely challenging.

I grew up in Kent and moved to Chester to study Youth Work and Theology. After I finished my degree I started working for The Light Project running the D'Biz community youth work. Recently I have also started to work with CSCW to co-ordinate and run Sex and Relationship Education in local secondary schools.